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Drama Prime Time Report – 09/09~09/12

This is Tokyohive's regular Drama Prime Time Report that gives you a detailed look at the prime time ratings with a focus on the weekly dramas.

Four more dramas have already come to a conclusion during the first half of this week.

The highest rated final episode among those was recorded by the NTV Wednesday drama 'Woman' starring Mitsushima Hikari. It achieved a rating of 16.4% (+2.4%), which is a new personal high and gave its season-average (13.55%) quite another boost. Looking back at the past year, it actually became the second highest rated drama in that time slot after 'Hotaru no Hikari 2' (13.59%). It even beat the just as tearful drama 'Mother' (12.92%) that was written and produced by the same team.

Also on Wednesday, 'Keishicho Sosa Ikka 9 Gakari 8' (TV Asahi) ended with its 10th episode and a final rating of 13.2% (+1.0%). Its season-average amounts to 13.19%.

Meanwhile, 'Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji 5' (Fuji TV) became the third most succesful drama of the summer season 2013. The Tuesday medical drama achieved a rating of 14.2% (+0.5%) with its final episode and can boast a season-average of 14.55%. Airing immediately afterwards on the same network, 'Starman ~ Kono Hoshi no Koi' - starring Hirosue Ryoko - experienced a rather weak season finale with a poor rating of 6.9% (-0.9%), lowering its season-average down to 8.46%.

The remaining dramas go for at least another round next week. 'Pin to Kona' (TBS) achieved a relatively good rating of 8.8% (+2.1%) this week, which is a new personal high. 'Oh, My Dad!!' (Fuji TV) also gained a few viewers and arrived in the double-digits again with a rating of 10.1% (+1.3%). NHK's new drama 'Glass no Ie' experienced a slight decrease with its 2nd episode and only recorded a rating of 8.8% (-1.8%).

Now check out the most recent ratings from September 9th to 12th and an overview of the episode and average ratings of the current summer dramas below!

(NTV is the only network that still discloses all of their ratings on a daily base. If anything, the other networks only reveal the ratings for their dramas regularly. There is no guarantee that all the numbers for the variety shows are correct.)